Lantern festival 2017

Given the strong growth in the number of Vietnamese tourist arrivals, South Korean travel companies are seeking cooperation with more partners to bring more Vietnamese tourists to the beautiful city of Seoul. South Korean and Vietnamese travel firms at the meeting A number of South Korean tourism companies, including Honey Moon, Lotte Hotels & Resorts, Travolution, SM Entertainment, and Football Faentasium visited Hanoi yesterday to look for Vietnamese partners. "We saw a significant rise in the number of Vietnamese tourists in the recent three years. We upgraded our museums with technologies and services to serve international visitors. With the marvellous victory of the Vietnamese football team and its South Korean coach Park Hang Seo, we hope to partner with Vietnamese travel firms to attract more tourists," Shin Yeongeun, deputy general manager of Football Faentasium, told VIR. Lotte Hotels and Resorts, a South Korean luxury hotel chain operated by Lotte Hotel Co., … [Read more...] about South Korea travel firms seek more Vietnamese arrivals

VietNamNet Bridge - Known as one of the biggest holidays of Vietnam, Mid-Autumn festival has been significant for Vietnamese families for many years. It is the symbol of family reunion and peace. On this occasion, many events will be held in Hanoi to bring you the spirit of traditional Mid-Autumn festival combined with the unique space and environment and many other exciting traditional games and activities.
“Under the Moonlight” will take place at Quang Ba temple, Lane 12, Dang Thai Mai Street on October 1, from 5 – 8 pm.
Coming to the event, the participants can:
– Learn how to make Mid-Autumn festival moon cake with artisan Do The Manh (4th generation of Do The family).
– Learn how to make Mid-Autumn lamp with artisan Vu Van Sinh
– Learn how to make glutinous rice (to he) with artisan Dang Van Hau
– Playing Mid-Autumn traditional games … [Read more...] about Enjoy Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanoi

NDO - The first national festival of Dao ethnic culture and the Tuyen Quang City Festival 2017 officially opened in Tuyen Quang city, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 29.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan praised Dao artists and athletes from 12 provinces and cities for gathering in Tuyen Quang with the purpose of honoring the traditional cultural values of the Dao ethnic people.
Ethnic minority culture is a precious heritage, contributing to the richness and diversity of the Vietnamese culture, she said, adding that the maintaining of cultural identity amongst the ethnic minorities in general and the Dao ethnic minority in particular is a very important political task in the period of national sustainable development.
The first national festival of Dao ethnic culture is a practical cultural activity aimed at concretising the Party and State's policies on caring and upholding … [Read more...] about National festival of Dao ethnic culture opens in Tuyen Quang

The Mid-Autumn Festival programme officially opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, in Hanoi on September 28, as part of the activities to promote the world heritage values of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, especially the intangible cultural values.
This year’s programme features many interesting activities for children, in particular, a school education programme which helps young kids to understand more about the mid-autumn festivals of the past through documented works by the French researchers Henri Oger and Albert Kahn Museum.
The event will showcase colouring masks, making mid-autumn cakes, star-shaped lanterns, cylindrical lanterns, Buddhist monk lanterns, rabbit lanterns, glutinous rice figurines, and making ceramic items.
In addition, the children and visitors will have a chance to enjoy artistic performances, such as a lion dance and water puppetry and traditional games, including carrying rice across a bamboo bridge, a see-saw, boomerangs, a wooden … [Read more...] about 2017 Mid-Autumn Festival kicks off

The striking pyrotechnic displays during the opening night of this year’s international fireworks competition hosted by the central city of Da Nang held local and foreign spectators in awe on the weekend. The striking pyrotechnic displays during the opening night of this year’s international fireworks competition hosted by the central city of Da Nang held local and foreign spectators in awe on the weekend. The Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC), in its ninth year, attracted eight teams from the UK, Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, China, and Vietnam. The event is part of the 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival, themed ‘Toa Sang Ngu Hanh Son’ (roughly translated as ‘Shining Ngu Hanh Mountain’), which opened on Sunday night on the floating stage on the city’s iconic Han River. The festival will run from April 29 to June 24. Last night saw the spectacular performances by teams from Austria and the … [Read more...] about Ongoing Da Nang int’l fireworks festival dazzles spectators

Viet Nam News Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 will feature eight teams from Australia, Switzerland, Japan, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, China and hosts Việt Nam. The festival was first held in 2008 with four international teams. This year, a series of unique events including a street festival and food festival will also bring tourists meaningful experiences. The festival will be held from April 30 to June 24 in the central city of Đà Nẵng. Culture vulture interviews festival director Lê Quý Dương about his first time directing the festival. What surprises will DIFF 2017 make? DIFF 2017 will be an extravagant festival. In previous editions the stage was set up beside the Hàn River. This year we will make a complex including a stage on space; on the river surface and along the river. A floating stage will have Ngũ Hành (Five Elements) theme based on five basic elements. The festival will not just be a fireworks display. It will include a street festival … [Read more...] about Fireworks festival amaze tourists

An Giang (VNA) – More than one million tourists visited pagodas, temples and historic sites in the southern province of An Giang in February, an increase of 200,000 compared to the previous month, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.The figure represented 26 percent of the province’s yearly target.
The most popular spiritual tourism destinations were Ba Chua Xu (local tutelary goddess) Temple in Chau Doc city’s Núi Sam Mountain, Cam Mountain in Tinh Bien district, and That Son (Seven Mountain) Mountain Range in Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts.
Due to its complex river and mountain systems, An Giang has stepped up its tourism promotion on media sites. It is also offering quality accommodations and imposing strict penalties on service providers who solicit and overcharge tourists.
Chau Doc city, one of the province’s main tourism sites, provides free wifi service at Basa Fish Park, Do De Dao Trang (Buddha-Gaya) Pagoda Park … [Read more...] about Bản in : More tourists visit temple, pagoda sites in An Giang

The 2016 Vietnam-Korea Giant Lantern Festival-Hanoi will be one of the key activities to mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea Korea in 2017.This is the largest event of its kind in Vietnam.The festival will be an opportunity for the two countries's people to exchange culture and strengthen the bilateral friendship cooperation.
The Giant Lantern Festival that has been held in many developed countries such as UK, the US, and Japan with international scale and the impressive record, has attracted millions of visitors annually. The event will feature 40 giant lanterns (each 10-30 metres in height) that symbolize the three dimensions of Vietnamese and Korean culture - Peace, Love and Hope. Besides, around 200 exhibition booths will offer visitors food, entertainment and shopping opportunities. On the sidelines, K-pop music concerts, Taekwondo exhibitions, traditional musical instrument performances and cover dancing events and games will … [Read more...] about Hanoi to host 2016 Vietnam-Korea Giant Lantern Festival – Culture – My HaNoi

The 2016 Vietnam-Korea Giant Lantern Festival-Hanoi will be one of the key activities to mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2017.This is the largest event of its kind in Vietnam.
The festival will be an opportunity for the two countries's people to exchange culture and strengthen the bilateral friendship cooperation. During the coming Giant Lantern Festival, colourful lanterns created by artisans from the RoK will be displayed for the first time in Hanoi. A total of 50,000sq.m will be used for displaying the lanterns; booths selling goods, souvenirs and food; Vietnamese-Korean culture exchange area; kids’ games area; and stages for entertainment activities. Vice Director of Gamuda Land Company Dennis Ng, co-organiser of the Giant Lantern Festival 2016, said that the event is organised on the occasion of year-end holiday and Christmas Day, so it will be a rendezvous for people to visit, take photos and go shopping. The … [Read more...] about Giant Lantern Festival in Hanoi – an ideal rendezvous for tourists – Arts – Arts & Entertainment

The Hanoitimes - The 2016 Vietnam-Korea Giant Lantern Festival, that will take place for the first time at Leparc by Gamuda in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi from December 3 to January 22, is expected to be an attactive destination for visitors at the end of this year. The 2016 Vietnam-Korea Giant Lantern Festival-Hanoi will be one of the key activities to mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2017. This is the largest event of its kind in Vietnam.
The festival will be an opportunity for the two countries's people to exchange culture and strengthen the bilateral friendship cooperation. During the coming Giant Lantern Festival, colourful lanterns created by artisans from the RoK will be displayed for the first time in Hanoi.
A total of 50,000sq.m will be used for displaying the lanterns; booths selling goods, souvenirs and food; Vietnamese-Korean culture exchange area; kids’ games area; and stages for entertainment … [Read more...] about Giant Lantern Festival in Hanoi – an ideal rendezvous for tourists